Kalikot District

Kalikot District (कालीकोट जिल्ला ), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km2, had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Kalikot District had a population of 136,948.

As their first language, 99.5% spoke Nepali, 0.3% Magar and 0.1% other languages.

Ethnicity/caste: 28.8% were Chhetri, 25.1% Thakuri, 17.7% Kami, 17.1% Hill Brahmin, 5.1% Damai/Dholi, 3.2% Sarki, 1.0% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Kumal, 0.5% Lohar, 0.4% Magar, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% other Dalit, 0.1% Teli and 0.2% others.

Religion: 99.8% were Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist and 0.1% Christian.

Literacy: 56.7% could read and write, 4.5% could only read and 38.7% could neither read nor write.

Administration
The district consists of nine municipalities, out of which four are urban municipalities and five are rural municipalities. These are as follows:
 * Khandachakra Municipality
 * Raskot Municipality
 * Tilagufa Municipality
 * Pachaljharana Rural Municipality
 * Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality
 * Narharinath Rural Municipality
 * Shubha Kalika Rural Municipality
 * Mahawai Rural Municipality
 * Palata Rural Municipality

Former Village Development Committees
Prior to the restructuring of the district, Kalikot District consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees:


 * Badalkot
 * Bharta
 * Chhapre
 * Chilkhaya
 * Daha
 * Dholagohe
 * Gela
 * Jubitha
 * Khin
 * Kotbada
 * Kumalgaun
 * Lalu
 * Malkot
 * Manma
 * Mehalmudi
 * Mugraha
 * Mumra
 * Nanikot
 * Odanaku
 * Pakha
 * Phoi Mahadev
 * Phukot
 * Ranku
 * Ramnakot
 * Ranchuli
 * Rupsa
 * Sipkhana
 * Sukitaya
 * Syuna
 * Thirpu